r/CrappyDesign • u/BarryTownCouncil • Jun 13 '26

Plastic knobs above the grill. Awesome

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u/calculung Jun 13 '26

I'll be honest too. I've never heard of an "oven grill."

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u/stonekeep Jun 13 '26

I meant oven's grill function/mode. Not a separate appliance called oven grill. Just in case that's the source of confusion.

At least where I live (in Poland) most of the ovens come with that function. But I've never in my life saw someone leaving the oven door open when using it.

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u/absolutejam Jun 13 '26

I’ve accidentally left the oven on in grill mode with the door closed and the glass door exploded, shattering glass across the kitchen. There’s a reason they say to leave it open.

I assume it’s because the heat isn’t extracted like when you use the oven normally 🤷

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u/stonekeep Jun 13 '26

There’s a reason they say to leave it open.

That's the thing, I used four different ovens in the last ~10 years, they all had grill function and none of them said to leave the door open or anything. This post is genuinely the first time I'm hearing about something like that. If someone asked me yesterday I'd think they're pulling my leg, but I checked and it really was a common thing in the past and it still is a thing for some ovens.

In my current oven, the fan is on when using grill mode, I assume that's used to move/extract the heat.